14 Jul 2022
We were delighted to receive a letter from Sr Jenny Christie FDNSC, International Development Officer for the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (OLSH), alerting us to the latest news from our Sisters in the Sacred Heart in Burkina Faso.
A landlocked region of West Africa, Burkina Faso is one of the poorest countries in the world, with very limited natural resources and extremely harsh living conditions for many vulnerable families and communities. The Daughters of the Lady of the Sacred Heart are active in their ministry here, including the running of the Jules Chevalier School in Zagtouli, where over 500 children receive a nutritious meal alongside a vital education every day, and the heading up of a Centre for Girls in Untandeni, where young women and children – down to a little baby girl who had been abandoned under a tree near the community – receive schooling and loving care in a safe, secure place to live.
This summer, our OLSH Sisters have facilitated the sinking of a well in the Pouléba region, where the Sisters are in the process of founding a community, with plans to open a small dispensary to assist the local people. This well will be an invaluable resource for families in the extended area, where many people have to travel long distances in uncomfortable conditions simply to carry water to their homes.
This summer, our OLSH Sisters have facilitated the sinking of a well in the Pouléba region of Burkina Faso.
The OLSH Sisters are in the process of founding a community in Burkina Faso, with plans to open a small dispensary to assist the local people.
This well will be an invaluable resource for families in the extended area, where many people have to travel long distances in uncomfortable conditions simply to carry water to their homes.
Please join us in praying for our OLSH Sisters and the communities they serve, as they continue their great work in Burkina Faso and around the world.
Please click below to see a video clip of the well being sunk in Pouléba.